Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Feeding device and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 进料装置和成像装置
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Application No.: US12027802Application Date: 2008-02-07
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Publication No.: US07950648B2Publication Date: 2011-05-31
- Inventor: Masaya Asakawa , Masahiko Fujita , Tadasu Taniguchi , Masatsugu Ohishi , Masaharu Kimura , Yasuaki Fukada , Norichika Katsura , Yasuhiro Takai
- Applicant: Masaya Asakawa , Masahiko Fujita , Tadasu Taniguchi , Masatsugu Ohishi , Masaharu Kimura , Yasuaki Fukada , Norichika Katsura , Yasuhiro Takai
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC
- Priority: JP2007-034854 20070215
- Main IPC: B65H3/44
- IPC: B65H3/44
Abstract:
A feeding device according to the present invention includes a box, paper holders, and a shifting mechanism. The box is open at its top. The paper holders are open at their tops and positioned in the box. Each of the paper holders holds a pile of sheets of paper in it. The shifting mechanism so shifts at least one of the paper holders that the top sheet in one of the paper holders is positioned in a single feed position in the box according to selection data output from the apparatus with which the feeding device is used.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080197561A1 FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2008-08-21
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